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Commento di 500301

Coincides with the real-world holiday of Christmas, with many similar themes. Starts on the 15th of December, ending on the 2nd of January.

Commento di kasuturo

The most notable rewards from this event in 2009 are:

- The "Merrymaker" title, obtained after completing all the achievements from the Merrymaker meta-achievement (A / H) - A sweetWinterGarbSet which will make your male characters look like Santa and your female characters look HAWT! - A nice Thrashin' Racer to compete (and destroy) with your friends' own cars. - A Reindeer disguise for your mount. - A snowman disguise for you. - Lots, and lots, and lots, and even more lots of delicious and useful food (I'm too lazy to insert links right now). - An übercute companion from the Christmas Tree present. Must be at least Level 20 to get a present from the tree. - Throwing snowballs!

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Commento di jjuurriijj

We wish you a Merry Christmas; We wish you a Merry Christmas; We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Good tidings we bring to you and your kin; Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding; Oh, bring us a figgy pudding; Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer

We won't go until we get some; We won't go until we get some; We won't go until we get some, so bring some out here

We wish you a Merry Christmas; We wish you a Merry Christmas; We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Commento di Arathian

Ya mean winterveil!

Commento di Wyrmsfire

The Feast of Winter Veil is one of 12 World Events that runs for two weeks, beginning in mid December and ending just after New Years. In addition to the many events running during this world event, players are tasked with completing several objectives in order to gain achievements. Getting all of the achievements done will allow the player to gain the meta achievement Merrymaker, and the title Merrymaker <name>.

Overall, I like this world event. It may take some time to complete, due to the PvP Achievement, but there is nothing too terribly hard to complete. The Ogri'la daily quest Bomb Them Again is now easily unlocked without having to perform the whole chain of quests.

Commento di 167767

Listen children young and oldGather 'round and you'll be toldIt's tradition every yearWinter Veil is drawing nearListen up today's the dayFather Winter's on his wayBringing with him treats and toysGiving them to girls and boys

Greatfather Winter won't you bringSomething for my stockingSomething shiny something brightSome goggles I can use at nightGreatfather Winter don't be lateFor that day we just can't waitSo bring us lots of treats and toysAnd fill our Winter Veil with joy.................................................. From "Greatfather Winter"

Commento di Icarui

It'll be nice to have some Winter's Veil cheer after Deathwing nearly destroys and ravages the world! :D

Commento di echonn123

SOOOO ready to get mah Greench slaying on

Commento di 707848

Wonder whats changing with winter veil since deathwings ravaging...

Commento di PersonalProxy

Seems to be a lot of confusion about the hats this year (post Cataclysm 2010).Here is my experience, disregard the "dates" in the Blizzard statement everyone is throwing around, as it seems to be inaccurate.

As always your mileage may vary as far as the NORMAL MODE drops are concerned, all in all if your REALLY want the hat, run a heroic.There is of course always the slight less than 1% chance you can loot either of these hats off of any HUMANOID mob in the game.Don't count on it however.

Please be mindful that Wowhead receives it's data from it's users, so the loot tables of the for-mentioned Bosses can be, and probably are inaccurate to some degree just from not many people looting the hats and uploading the data.Also, the bosses get looted thousands of times when the holiday even is NOT going on, so if the hat appears on the loot table, the drop percentage is likely horribly inaccurate as well.

Happy Holidays!

Commento di ughzean

Please accept with no obligation, implicit or explicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practised within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice, with total respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, and their choice not to practise religious or secular traditions at all.

Additionally,

A fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2011, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make our society great, without regard to the race, creed, colour, age, physical ability, religious faith, sexual orientation and choice of smart phone and computer platform of the wishee.

By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms. This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or others and no responsibility for any unintended emotional stress these greetings may bring to those not caught up in the holiday spirit.

This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year, or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is either revocable or limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.

And as the name implies it looks like a little "Christmas tree" or in this case "Winter Veil tree".

(The image on us.battle.net is not the correct image at the moment)

Commento di Nakae

Did everyone else see the Orgrimmar Winter Veil tree themed almost exactly like the Nightmare Before Christmas? Or is that just me?

Commento di pyrannor2012

Twas the Eve before Winter Veil, when all across AzerothNot one mob was stirring, not even a Crimson Moth.The axes and guns by the stovestack were hung,In delight that Ol' Greatfather soon would be there.

The orclings and troll-kin were snug in their beds,While nightmares of Deathwing danced in their heads.And mamma in her plate mail, and I in my cloth,Had just started diggin' in for some Alterac wrath.

When deep within The Drag, there arose such a clatter,I sprang from the Auction House to see what was the matter.Gemming my epics, I flew like a mage,Slashed open the shutters and threw up Enrage!

Elune on the breast of the new-fallen snowGave the lustre of Eversong to objects below.When, what to my bloodshot eyes should appear,But a battle-scarred sleigh, and eight ragged reindeer.

With a cold-as-ice driver, not some Alliance bother,but I knew in that moment it must be Greatfather.More rapid than Wind Riders his coursers they came,And he screamed, and bellowed, and belittled them by name!

As priests that before Al'Akir fly,When they meet with a Wind Burst, mount to the sky.So up to the Twin Colossi the festive mounts flew,With a sleigh full of Smokywood Treats, Feats of Strength and the Greatfather too.

And then, with a shout, I heard on the roofThe tearing and rending of each razor-sharp hoof.As I drew on my helm, and was turning around,Through the roof Greatfather came with a bound.

Dressed in festive leathers, from his head to his foot,And his wraps were all stained with blood and charred soot.A bundle of sausage and cheese he had flung on his back,Just like a wretched goblin, just opening his pack.

His nostrils how they flared! his tusks how rotten!His cheeks were like moss, his nose like au'gratin!His drooling wide mouth twisted with Orcish brogue,The grizzled beard of his chin, sickly pale like the snow.

The stump of a gnome he held tight in his maw,The blood dripping down like a wound from Calder's Bonesaw.He had a smashed face and a tiny goblin flunkie,That cowered when he barked, like a bowlful of jelly!

He was gnarled and bent, a right hostile old orc,And I grimaced when I saw him, in spite of myself!A glare of his eye and a crack of his neck,Soon gave me to know he meant no disrespect.

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,And filled all the sabatons, then turned with a jerk.And laying his fist hard astride of his chest,And with a "Loktar!", he departed with the rest!

He rushed to his sleigh, to his team gave a roar,And away they all flew in a mist of red gore.But I heard him exclaim, with one exultant breath,"Happy Winter Veil to the Horde, and to the Alliance a slow death!"

-Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Pyrannor

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Commento di huntardy

There's going to be a one-off World PvP event based around the tabletop game "Blood Bowl", everyone gets either Pallone Ovale or a Pallone da Calcio Edizione Speciale from Great-Father Winter and can use it to take part, but it's only around for one day as a tribute to the World War 1 Xmas Truces.

Everyone who competes will receive a Feat of Strength and an in game mail from Sir Thrall McCartney containing a Pipa della Pace degli Hozen.

Commento di Roguinaa

Jingle bells, It's Winter Veil, the best fake holiday,The only time you see a crowd in Ironforge all day!

Jingle bells, It's Winter Veil, achievements all the way,When all the kids are out of school and plaaaying wooow all daaay! XD

YOLO

Commento di AdoHulin

BEST :)

Commento di Stizelswik

I am at Orgrimmar right now and there are NO Winter Veil anyone or anything here now. It says on the calender it's not over until Jan 2nd! Is anyone else not seeing it? I just did the quests yesterday and they were here....

Commento di piraka810

How the Mammoths Stole Winterveil

Every ToonDown in I.F.Liked Winterveil a lot...

But the Mounts,Who lived just North of IF,Did NOT!

The Mounts hated Winterveil! The whole Winterveil season!Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.It could be that their riders weren't sitting quite right.It could be, perhaps, that their reins were too tight.But I think that the most likely reason of allWas because their little mount hearts were two sizes too small.

But,Whatever the reason,His Ride or his Reins,He stood there on Winter's Eve, glowering with pains,Staring down from his cave with a sour, mammothy frownAt the forge lighted windows below in their town.For he knew every Toon down in I.F. beneathWas busy now, killing the big nasty Greench.

"And they're mogging their armor!" they snarled with a sneer."Tomorrow is Winterveil! It's practically here!"Then he growled, with his mammoth hooves nervously drumming,"I MUST find a way to keep Presents from coming!"For, tomorrow, he knew...

...All the Toon girls and boysWould wake up bright and early. They'd port for their toys!And then! Oh, the noise! Oh, the noise! Noise! Noise! Noise!That's one thing he hated! The NOISE! NOISE! NOISE! NOISE!

Then the Toon, young and old, would get all the achvs.And they'd Ding! And they'd Ding!And they'd DING! DING! DING! DING!Their friends would say "grats", and theyd get a new Feat.Which was something the mounts couldn't stand in the least!

And THENThey'd do something he liked least of all!Every Toon down in I.F., the tall and the small,Would stand close together, with Winter bells ringing.They'd lay out a train set. And the Toons would start screaming!

They'd chug! And they'd chug!AND they'd CHOO! CHOO! CHOO! CHOO!And the more the mounts thought of the Iron-Forge-ScreamThe more they all thought, "I must stop this whole thing!"Why for fifty-three patches I've put up with it now!I MUST stop Winterveil from coming!...But HOW?"

Commento di xfreee

happy new year (downvoters - haters)

Commento di Andersism

Love this season! This is the first I completed back in 3.x. Every year I try to achieve as much as possible on all my characters. May we all be merry!

Commento di Longeria

For so far I can see are there 7 toys to get this year. If there are more... then I have them already :o

Commento di SerroDan

Commento di huldu

I'm hoping they will *scale* the boss this year with their new "tech". What I mean is if you go there as a level 67(for example) he will appear as that instead of a level 112 mob or whatever. It would just make it more "fun" for your alts than just feeling like you're leeching and being completely useless.

Commento di Jfazende5683

Commento di Justdanny

Just in case you're like me and playing on Alliance. The daily quests cannot be completed in Shadowmoon Valley where they are marked on the map. You have to fly all the way to Frostfire Ridge.

Commento di DarkSkyfire

This is not a complete list. My room mate just got a 335 trinket called Glowing Present.

Commento di slowlevel

Are there any prerequisites for being able to open all of the gifts on the 25th? Such as, bringing Greatfather Winter his milk and cookies, or dispatching the Greench? It seems in seasons past that some of my toons received less gifts than others.

Commento di EryanWoW

Against my better judgement, (remembering the Halloween quests) I sent my 111 lvl Shadow Priest to have some fun, but this was not fun! WHY OH WHY IS EVERYTHING SO HARD TO KILL? He died... really fast, and that folks was not fun! The holiday is suppose to be fun and games...and not games that kill ya! I suppose Blizzard will have a Santa next year that carries an automatic weapon! I say BAH HUMBUG and won't be doing these quests again! Blizzard...for a time that is suppose to be joyful, not deadly...tone it down a tad!